his

From Middle English his, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

• His (honorific)

• (stressed)
  • (UK, US, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪz/

• Audio (US):

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  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhɘz/
• (unstressed form)
  • IPA^(key): /ɪ̈z/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /əz/
• Rhymes: -ɪz

his

1. Belonging to him. [from 8th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 41:

     With that he put his ſpurres vnto his ſteed,
     With ſpeare in reſt, and toward him did fare,
     Like ſhaft out of a bow preuenting ſpeed.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:

     No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

   • 2011 April 8, Xan Rice, “Ivory Coast: 100 more bodies found as ethnic tensions rise”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In his first televised address since the siege in Abidjan began this week, Ouattara said he would focus on returning the country to normal to ease the plight of civilians.

2. (sometimes dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
   • 1751, David Hume, “(please specify the page)”, in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     On the contrary, those other passions, commonly denominated selfish, both produce different sentiments in each individual, according to his particular situation […]

   • 2003, Norman L. Geisler, Winfried Corduan, Philosophy of Religion: Second Edition, page 9:

     It is our conviction that piecemeal critiques of nontheisms will not suffice. The theist must enter the arena with a positive and comprehensive case of his own.

3. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) [11th–17th c.]
   • 1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] ‎^[2], London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, page 32; reprinted as Lesclarcissement de la langue françoyse, Genève: Slatkine Reprints, 1972:

     In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation
     I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes […]

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Drunkennesse”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 200:

     My ſtomacke could not well reach ſo farre: it is very much troubled to come to an end of that which it takes for his neede.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:13, column 1:

     Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?

4. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. [from 11th c.]

   Ahab his mark

   for Ahab's mark.

   Sejanus his Fall

• When followed by a noun, it is sometimes referred to as a possessive adjective, qualifying the following noun. It is, however, the possessive case of the personal pronoun he.
• (fourth sense) See His genitive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Hislam

his (plural his)

1. That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

   This pen is his. These books are also his.

   The decision was his to live with.

   His is bigger than mine.

   That cough of his is really getting on my nerves. (double possessive)

2. (informal) His house or home.

   After our night out, I went back to his.

3. Alternative spelling of His

his

1. plural of hi
   • 2009, John M. Carney, Welcome to Tranquility:

     The Hikkams pushed a table over by the booth where the Lochwoods and Meekums were sitting, exchanged his and sat down.

• -ish, Hsi, IHS, Ish, Shi, ish, shi

Other scripts

Cyrillic		һис
Abjad		هيس

From Proto-Turkic *ïjs (“smell, odour”). Cognate with Chuvash йӑс (jăs).

• IPA^(key): [his]

• Audio:

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his (definite accusative hisi, plural hislər)

1. soot, (black) smoke, fume

   Synonym: qurum

Declension of his
	singular	plural
nominative	his	hislər
definite accusative	hisi	hisləri
dative	hisə	hislərə
locative	hisdə	hislərdə
ablative	hisdən	hislərdən
definite genitive	hisin	hislərin

Possessive forms of his
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisim	hislərim
sənin (“your”)	hisin	hislərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisi	hisləri
bizim (“our”)	hisimiz	hislərimiz
sizin (“your”)	hisiniz	hisləriniz
onların (“their”)	hisi or hisləri	hisləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisimi	hislərimi
sənin (“your”)	hisini	hislərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisini	hislərini
bizim (“our”)	hisimizi	hislərimizi
sizin (“your”)	hisinizi	hislərinizi
onların (“their”)	hisini or hislərini	hislərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisimə	hislərimə
sənin (“your”)	hisinə	hislərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisinə	hislərinə
bizim (“our”)	hisimizə	hislərimizə
sizin (“your”)	hisinizə	hislərinizə
onların (“their”)	hisinə or hislərinə	hislərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisimdə	hislərimdə
sənin (“your”)	hisində	hislərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisində	hislərində
bizim (“our”)	hisimizdə	hislərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	hisinizdə	hislərinizdə
onların (“their”)	hisində or hislərində	hislərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisimdən	hislərimdən
sənin (“your”)	hisindən	hislərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisindən	hislərindən
bizim (“our”)	hisimizdən	hislərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	hisinizdən	hislərinizdən
onların (“their”)	hisindən or hislərindən	hislərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisimin	hislərimin
sənin (“your”)	hisinin	hislərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisinin	hislərinin
bizim (“our”)	hisimizin	hislərimizin
sizin (“your”)	hisinizin	hislərinizin
onların (“their”)	hisinin or hislərinin	hislərinin

his n

1. indefinite genitive singular of hi

From German His (German key notation).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhis/, [ˈhis̠]
• Rhymes: -is
• Hyphenation^(key): his

his

1. (music) B-sharp

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

hīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of hic

From Old English his, from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”).

• hys, hise, hyse, hiss, hisse, hyss, hysse, hijs, is, ys, isse, hes, hese, hesse, es, heis, heys, hus

• IPA^(key): /his/
• (mainly when unstressed) IPA^(key): /iz/

his (nominative masculine pronoun he, nominative neuter pronoun hit)

2. Third-person singular masculine possessive determiner: his, of him.
3. Third-person singular neuter possessive determiner: its, of it.
4. Used in place of the possessive suffix -es to denote possession by an antecedent noun.
   • 1470, Thomas Malory, Works:

     And Claudas his knyghts brake theire spearis

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• English: his
• Scots: his
• Yola: his, hys, hays

his (nominative he)

2. Third-person singular masculine genitive pronoun: his.

• hisen

• English: his

• “his, pron.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.
• “his, pron.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 May 2018.

• hys, hise, is, ys, hies, hes, es, as

• IPA^(key): /his/
• (mainly when unstressed) IPA^(key): /iz/

his (nominative heo)

2. Third-person singular feminine genitive determiner: her, of her.

• hire

• “hir(e), pron.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.

• xis (in older Americanist literature)

• IPA^(key): [xɪ̀s]

his

1. pus

his

1. genitive of hē: his
2. genitive of hit: its

• Middle English: his
  • English: his
  • Scots: his
  • Yola: his, hys, hays

his

1. his

From Ottoman Turkish حس (hiss), from Arabic حِسّ (ḥiss). Compare to Azerbaijani hiss.

• IPA^(key): /his/

• Audio:

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his (definite accusative hissi, plural hisler)

1. feeling, sensation, emotion

   Synonym: duygu

Inflection
Nominative	his
Definite accusative	hissi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	his	hisler
Definite accusative	hissi	hisleri
Dative	hisse	hislere
Locative	histe	hislerde
Ablative	histen	hislerden
Genitive	hissin	hislerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular hissim hislerim 2nd singular hissin hislerin 3rd singular hissi hisleri 1st plural hissimiz hislerimiz 2nd plural hissiniz hisleriniz 3rd plural hisleri hisleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular hissimi hislerimi 2nd singular hissini hislerini 3rd singular hissini hislerini 1st plural hissimizi hislerimizi 2nd plural hissinizi hislerinizi 3rd plural hislerini hislerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular hissime hislerime 2nd singular hissine hislerine 3rd singular hissine hislerine 1st plural hissimize hislerimize 2nd plural hissinize hislerinize 3rd plural hislerine hislerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular hissimde hislerimde 2nd singular hissinde hislerinde 3rd singular hissinde hislerinde 1st plural hissimizde hislerimizde 2nd plural hissinizde hislerinizde 3rd plural hislerinde hislerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular hissimden hislerimden 2nd singular hissinden hislerinden 3rd singular hissinden hislerinden 1st plural hissimizden hislerimizden 2nd plural hissinizden hislerinizden 3rd plural hislerinden hislerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular hissimin hislerimin 2nd singular hissinin hislerinin 3rd singular hissinin hislerinin 1st plural hissimizin hislerimizin 2nd plural hissinizin hislerinizin 3rd plural hislerinin hislerinin

• altıncı his (sixth sense)
• hisli
  • hislilik
• hissiz
  • hissizlik
• hissetmek
  • hissettirmek
• hislenmek
• hissî
• hissiyat

• mütehassis
• tahassüs

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “his”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Borrowed from Arabic حِسّ (ḥiss).

his (plural hislar)

1. feeling

• hissi

his

1. h-prothesized form of is

• hys, hays

From Middle English his, heys, from Old English his, from Proto-West Germanic *his.

• IPA^(key): /hɪz/, /hiːz/
• Homophone: hea's

his

1. his
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 94:

     An a priesth o' parieshe on his lhaung-tyel garraane.

     And the priest of the parish on his long tail pony.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

     An a priesth o parieshe on his garrane baun,

     The priest of the parish on his white pony,

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

     Hea marreet dear Phielim to his sweet Jauane.

     He married dear Phelim to his sweet Joan.

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:

     Ingsaury neileare (pidh?) his niz outh o' harr.

     J——N—— put his nose out of socket.

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:

     Lhaung life to Misteare Reedforth an his vamilee,

     Long life to Mister Radford and his family;

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94